Chords for Jackson Browne - I'm Alive - Tonight How 11/30/93

Jackson Brown appeared on The Tonight Show on November 30th, 1993, doing the title track of his then current album, I'm Alive.
This is a Southern California singer-songwriter.
Every girl's dream when I went off to college, they'd have Jackson Brown albums and Carole King albums.
And Jackson Brown was so dreamy.
He must have been, because he nailed Nico.
_ _ That's how his song ended up on her _ Nico album with the Velvets backing her up.
_ He was [F] like 17 and he was pulling Nico. _
He was pretty damn dreamy, I guess.
_ He was still alive in 1993 and he's still alive now in 2021.
So here he is on The Tonight Show, November 30th, [E] 1993, with [D#m] I'm _ [Fm] _ [N] _ _ _ Alive.
Since the debut of his first album in 1972, my next guest has been one of the most influential figures in contemporary music.
He just released his first album in four years, performing the title song, I'm Alive.
Please welcome Jackson Brown. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ It's [E] been a long [B] time since I watched [A] these lights alone.
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I look around my life [A] tonight and it's hollow.
[B]
I might have done something to keep you [A] if I'd known. _ _
[E] _ How unhappy [B] you'd be torn.
[E] But I was driven here [A] with my heart in hand.
[E] And I was falling through [C#m] with my [B] beautiful [E] plan. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Yelling _ [A] _ _ down [E] this canyon drive.
[C#m] With your laughter in [B] my [E] ears.
I'm gonna have to [A] block it out somehow [E] to survive.
Cause [B] those dreams are dead [E] and I'm alive.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] I want to go where I will never [A] hear your name. _
[E] I wanna lose my sorrow [A] and be free again.
[E] And I know I've [A] been insane. _
[E] When I think of [B] places I could have been.
[E] But I was driven with [A] my heart in your hands.
[E] And I was falling through [C#m] with my beautiful [B]
[E] plan.
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ [B] _ _
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[A] Standing here by the highway side.
_ [E] _ _
Watching these trucks blow by.
_ _ Visions [C#m] from my space.
_ [B] Yeah, I'm thinking about the time [E] I've wasted.
_ _ And the pleasure _ [A] we've tasted.
_ _ Looking up and down [C#m] this [E] road.
_ _ [C#m] I've been [E] here before.
_ _ I [C#m] can't be here [B] no [E]
more.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[E] _ Yelling _ [A] _ down _
[E] California's side.
[C#m] With your laughter [B] in my [E] ears.
I'm gonna have to block [A] it out somehow [E] to survive.
[B] Cause those dreams are dead. _
[E] Well, I got the way I believed in you and loved you all these years.
Now you can fill your swimming pool [A] with all my salty [E] tears.
You could have told me what was in your heart.
But baby, you lied.
And I thought that it would kill me.
But I'm alive. _
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_ _ [A] Yeah, I'm [E] alive. _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] Yeah, _ _ I'm [A] alive. _ _ _ _
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[N] Jackson Brown. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Alright, I want to thank my guest, Jackson Brown.
I'm Alive is the CD.
[N] Real nice work.
Thanks.
Thanks for coming.
Good to see you.
Good to have you here.
Okay, go away.
You're [D] off to, uh_
I'm off to colonize outer [N] space in the name of Christianity.
Good deal.
Someone's got to do it.
No, I'm fine.
[G] And of course, Jane Seymour from Dr.
Quinn Medicine Babe on CBS.
And _ from Wings, Tim Daly.
Comedian Stevie Ray Promstein.
Oh, and the music of [D] Linster Rundt, Melinda Rundstedt.
See you tomorrow night, [F] folks.
Thanks, you guys.
Bye [D]-bye.
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